Esquire's '20 Bottles to Buy the Boss, Regardless of Inclination'

December 14, 2012

There are two kinds of boss: bosses who drink whiskey, and bosses who don't. Oh, and we suppose there are also bosses who deserve presents and bosses who don't. For the ones who do, we've got bottles — the whiskey kind, and the other kind.

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The Cosmopolitan Boss

Your boss is in Beijing on Tuesday, Sydney on Thursday, and Santiago on Sunday. Dubai or Dayton, he's equally comfortable in both. You can't surprise him or impress him with bullshit. What you can do is give him a bottle of fine, sugarcane-juice rhum agricole from Martinique, ten years old and lean and elegant and very sophisticated. Clément Très Vieux Rhum Agricole, ($70).

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The Cosmopolitan Boss

Your boss is in Beijing on Tuesday, Sydney on Thursday, and Santiago on Sunday. Dubai or Dayton, he's equally comfortable in both. You can't surprise him or impress him with bullshit. What you can do is give him a bottle of fine, sugarcane-juice rhum agricole from Martinique, ten years old and lean and elegant and very sophisticated. Clément Très Vieux Rhum Agricole, ($70).